[C320-list] In Boom Furling

[Kirk McCullough]

I'm 52 and just retired in August. My wife is working part time, we have a 
son at college and a daughter who is senior in high school, so it keeps us 
close to home for now.

We're looking for a used C42 for more room, but we want to go north from 
here - Vancouver BC area up the coast to Alaska first. Then south to the 
Baja area. There are many C42's on the market around here (Seattle to 
Vancouver area) and most are well equipped with electronics since they seem 
to be used for longer passages. We would like one 5-6 years old. Although 
the older MKI boats are very affordable, but usually are well used.

Kirk

Boomerang #124
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Seastream" <seastream at adelphia.net>
To: "C320-List" <c320-list at catalina320.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] In Boom Furling


> South to us, for the moment, means somewhere along the east coast, perhaps 
> FL, the Bahamas, or wherever it's warm (above 60) from about October 
> through April.  The earliest I could retire might be in 10 years.  Our 
> daughter is out of college, my wife will retire from the school system in 
> the next five years, so total retirement for both of us waits on me. 
> Remember, we're not cruising mavens yet.  For now, we piddle up and down 
> the ME/NH/MA coastal waters.  We upgraded from a C25 to this C320, just 
> completing our second season in it.
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> On Nov 25, 2006, at 8:56 PM, Orlando.Duran at AveryDennison.com wrote:
>
>> Excellent plan...I plan on leaving Oct, 2008 for mexico then on to the so
>> pacific March, 2010...
>>
>> Where south do you plan on going to?
>> ------Original Message------
>> From: Robert Seastream
>> To: Catalina 320 List
>> ReplyTo: Catalina 320 List
>> Sent: Nov 25, 2006 5:45 PM
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] In Boom Furling
>>
>> [Sent by: c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com ]
>> Make it 5 years young, then.  We're trying to save the several thousand
>> dollars difference we've seen between buying new vs slightly used.  By
>> example, we bought our 2002 320 in November of 2005 and paid 88K.  I
>> was told the PO rarely used it, which I believe, considering he only
>> put 57 hours on the engine in four years.  The only major option I
>> could see was a Garmin 183C chartplotter, unless the dodger, anchor,
>> and mast furling main were also options.  A Newport, RI show priced
>> 2006 320 new was $111K, less freight and commissioning (a 400 2 cabin
>> was $218K).  The goal here is to keep our house (although selling it
>> when retirement time came was discussed), yet have a boat large enough
>> to run south for the winter.
>>
>>
>> On Nov 25, 2006, at 4:38 PM, Orlando.Duran at AveryDennison.com wrote:
>>
>>> Ralize that a 10 year old C400 will require substantial amount of
>>> upgrades, specially electronic--factor that in in deciding new vs 10
>>> year
>>> old
>>> ------Original Message------
>>> From: Robert Seastream
>>> To: Catalina 320 List
>>> ReplyTo: Catalina 320 List
>>> Sent: Nov 25, 2006 1:13 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] In Boom Furling
>>>
>>> [Sent by: c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com ]
>>> True, but we won't spend money on changing the mains' furling system
>>> since we're interested in moving up to something like a 400 (having
>>> decided the 320's a bit small to winter on).  The 400 won't be new
>>> (unless we hit the lottery), but we'd like it to be about 10 years
>>> young.
>>>
>>> Bob Seastream
>>>
>>>
>>> On Nov 24, 2006, at 9:44 PM, Orlando.Duran at AveryDennison.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> That'll cost more than $5,000..... :)
>>>> ------Original Message------
>>>> From: Robert Seastream
>>>> To: Catalina 320 List
>>>> ReplyTo: Catalina 320 List
>>>> Sent: Nov 24, 2006 6:36 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] In Boom Furling
>>>>
>>>> [Sent by: c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com ]
>>>> Yeah, no battens is another thing we don't like.  Nor are we sure we'd
>>>> be happy with vertical battens.  We'
>>
>> ------Original Message Truncated------
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>> Regards,
>> OD
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